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Class Number: 1262This course covers topics that are not part of the standard departmental offerings and varies from semester to semester. Students may take this course more than once. Prerequisite: MATH 201 or permission of instructor.IIEnrollment Limit: 30; Enrollment Limit Criteria: Other; Current topicdescription: This course introduces the mathematical theory ofprobability, including density functions and distribution functions,joint and marginal distributions, conditional probability, andexpected value and variance. It then develops the theory ofstatistics, including parameter estimation and hypothesis testing. Theemphasis is on proving results in mathematical statistics rather thanon applying statistical methods.